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Linux Kernel: Hangs with OpenSSL Benchmark with Virtio-Crypto
CVE-2026-23229
Summary
A Linux kernel issue causes OpenSSL benchmark tests with multiple processes to hang when using the virtio-crypto device. This has been fixed in the latest kernel update. If you're using the virtio-crypto device, update your kernel to ensure this issue is resolved.
Original title
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification
When VM boots with one virtio-crypto PCI device and builti...
Original description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification
When VM boots with one virtio-crypto PCI device and builtin backend,
run openssl benchmark command with multiple processes, such as
openssl speed -evp aes-128-cbc -engine afalg -seconds 10 -multi 32
openssl processes will hangup and there is error reported like this:
virtio_crypto virtio0: dataq.0:id 3 is not a head!
It seems that the data virtqueue need protection when it is handled
for virtio done notification. If the spinlock protection is added
in virtcrypto_done_task(), openssl benchmark with multiple processes
works well.
crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification
When VM boots with one virtio-crypto PCI device and builtin backend,
run openssl benchmark command with multiple processes, such as
openssl speed -evp aes-128-cbc -engine afalg -seconds 10 -multi 32
openssl processes will hangup and there is error reported like this:
virtio_crypto virtio0: dataq.0:id 3 is not a head!
It seems that the data virtqueue need protection when it is handled
for virtio done notification. If the spinlock protection is added
in virtcrypto_done_task(), openssl benchmark with multiple processes
works well.
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c57c6c108931a914ed94e3c0ddb974008260a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/552475d0b6cece73a52c0fa5faa0ce45e99df74b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ee8ccfd60bf17cbdab91069d324b5302f4f3a30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b505047ffc8057555900d2d3a005d033e6967382
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0a0ded3bb7fd45f720faa48449a930153257d3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e594194795c86ca753ad6ed64c2762e9309d0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f0d586808689963e58fd739bed626ff5013b24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e69a7b0a71b6561b3b6459f1fded8d589f2e8ac2
Published: 18 Feb 2026 · Updated: 11 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026